DRURY WOMEN'S SOCCER
Drury Panthers vs. Northwest Missouri St. Bearcats
Fri., Sept. 8 | 7:30 p.m. | Harrison Stadium/Curry Sports Complex | Springfield, Mo.
 
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Drury faces Northwest Missouri St. in season opener
The Panthers open the 2019 season on Friday as they host Northwest Missouri State at Harrison Stadium in the Curry Sports Complex.
 
Head coach Alf Bilbao goes into his 14^th season leading the Drury women's soccer program and brings back nine full-time starters from last year's squad. Bilbao, Drury's all-time leader in career coaching wins for women's soccer, owns a 113-98-34 record with the Panthers. Brinn Cooper, a sophomore out of Springfield-Catholic, led last year's team with three goals and an assist while Chloe Cash (Soph., Nixa, Mo.) and Kaley Rottinghaus (Jr., Olathe, Kan.) each scored a pair of goals last season.
 
Northwest Missouri State will also be playing their season opener on Friday. The Bearcats went 2-15 last year under first-year head coach Marc Gordon. Gordon owns a career record of 115-53-15 after guiding Ottawa (Kan.) University for eight seasons where his teams won three conference titles and made six national tournament appearances in the NAIA.
 
Friday's game is the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
 
Following Friday night's game, the Panthers are home again on Sunday when they host Newman for a noon kickoff at Harrison Stadium.
 
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Stat Leaders (returners from 2018)
Drury: #8 Brinn Cooper (3g-1a—7 pts, 30 shots), #17 Chloe Cash (2g-2a—6 pts), #14 Kaley Rottinghaus (2g), #0 Sarah Franks (0-14-1, 2.32 GAA, .631) 
Northwest Missouri St.: #11 Emily Madden (3g-2a—8 pts, 24 shots), #4 Mollie Holtman (2g), #0 Samantha Pesquiera (2-14, 2.26 GAA, .693) 
 
Head Coaches
Drury: Alf Bilbao (14^th year, 113-98-34)
Northwest Missouri St.: Marc Gordon (2^nd year, 2-15 / 10^th year, 115-53-15)  
 
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Drury vs. Newman, noon, Harrison Stadium
 

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